Top 10 Patterns from Wheeler Lake

When the YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship presented by Lowrance C-Map Genesis hit Wheeler Lake last week, the college teams scoured the Tennessee River currents looking for postspawn bass all up and down the lake. By Saturday’s final round, the top 10 teams had turned up a variety of interesting patterns to best their competition. READ MORE »

June 4, 2017

Top 10 Baits from Wheeler Lake

Early summer on the Tennessee River is ledge-fishing time, but Wheeler Lake – according to many anglers – doesn’t set up like its sister reservoirs on the Tennessee River chain. Bass don’t pile into mega-schools on river drops. Instead, the postspawn season can be tackled with a mish-mash of approaches, including dragging shell beds and other hard-bottom areas offshore, flipping docks, flipping and frogging grass or wood, and fishing brush.
Those are the tactics that the top 10 teams used at the YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship presented by Lowrance C-Map Genesis at Wheeler Lake. Here are the baits they used. READ MORE »

June 3, 2017

Alsop Wins College Fish-Off

Yesterday, Alsop and Blenn were united in their efforts in winning the championship for K-State. But there is only one FLW College Fishing berth into the Forrest Wood Cup, so today the two teammates were pitted against each other in man-to-man competition. READ MORE »

June 3, 2017

College Fish-Off Updates

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Updates from the 2017 YETI FLW College Fishing Fish-Off on Wilson Lake READ MORE »

June 2, 2017

Kansas State University Wins YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship on Wheeler Lake

FLORENCE, Ala. – The Kansas State University team of Travis Blenn of Westmoreland, Kansas, and Kyle Alsop of Overland Park, Kansas, weighed a five-bass limit Friday totaling 11 pounds, 11 ounces, to win the 2017 YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship on Wheeler Lake presented by Lowrance C-Map Genesis. The Wildcat duo’s three-day total of 15 bass for 44... READ MORE »

June 2, 2017

Wildcats Win on Wheeler

Kyle Alsop and Travis Blenn of the Kansas State University won the 2017 YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship presented by Lowrance C-Map Genesis on Wheeler Lake Friday with a three-day haul of 44 pounds, 12 ounces.
For Alsop, it’s the second major collegiate championship of his career. He and former partner Taylor Bivins won the Bassmaster College Series National Championship in 2016 on Green River Lake. READ MORE »

College Championship Top 5 Patterns Day 2

After day two of the YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship presented by Lowrance C-Map Genesis on Wheeler Lake, 16 pounds per day seems to be the mark to reach if you want to keep the winning pace.
Kyle Alsop and Travis Blenn, the current tournament leaders from Kansas State University, have achieved that mark two days in a row. But so has the second-place team of Evan Owrey and Kristopher Queen from Bethel University, now just 4 ounces off the lead. READ MORE »

June 1, 2017

Kansas State University Takes Lead After Day Two of YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship on Wheeler Lake

FLORENCE, Ala. – The Kansas State University team of Travis Blenn of Westmoreland, Kansas, and Kyle Alsop of Overland Park, Kansas, brought a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 16 pounds, 9 ounces to grab the lead Thursday at Day Two of the 2017 YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship on Wheeler Lake presented by Lowrance C-Map Genesis. The Wildcat... READ MORE »

June 1, 2017

K-State Takes Over

Travis Blenn and Kyle Alsop of Kansas State University moved into first place on the second day of the YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship presented by Lowrance C-Map Genesis. The Wildcats weighed in 16 pounds, 9 ounces Thursday to go with 16-8 caught on Wednesday for a two-day total weight of 33-1. READ MORE »

College Championship Top 5 Patterns Day 1

Summer is in full swing along the Tennessee River, and the teams in the YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship presented by Lowrance C-Map Genesis are taking advantage of the current flows in Wheeler Lake to bring in some solid bags of bass.
The leading team of Patrick Walters and Gettys Brannon from the University of South Carolina is getting it done offshore, as are other teams just behind them in the standings. READ MORE »

May 31, 2017

University of South Carolina Leads after Day One of YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship on Wheeler Lake

Brannon, Walters in Front at Wheeler

The University of South Carolina’s fishing teams are starting to make themselves very comfortable inside the winner’s circle of the YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship. After carrying two back-to-back championship trophies to Columbia in 2015 and 2016, it looks like the Gamecocks are back for perhaps a third title in a row in this year’s event, which is presented by Lowrance C-Map Genesis.
Specifically, South Carolina team members Patrick Walters and Gettys Brannon, who won the National Championship in 2015, are looking to take another victory lap for the Gamecocks. READ MORE »